... a movie is very much more entertaining to an audience than any play that is being shown live. Since movies are not live shows put on right in front of you, it gives the producers the room for special effects. In a movie you can see anything from explosions, aliens, shape shifting, full-scale wars, ... more effective in terms of getting your attention and making an impact. Unlike movies, many plays have viewers straining just to hear what the actors are saying on stage. I remember one time I was watching a play called Jesus Christ Superstar and this one actor did not have a very loud voice...

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... the Sydney and Broadway productions of La Boheme. The word features in red lettering resembling the Coca-Cola sign. In Strictly Ballroom the lovers kiss in front of the large sign, in Romeo and Juliet, Leonardo Dicaprio walks past the sign and in Moulin Rouge it appears as L"amour Fou, as in ... in the audience, as they are shocked to hear that the story has a tragic ending (grabbing their attention and provoking emotion at such an early stage) and are drawn further into how the story will develop. This can also be applied to Romeo and Juliet in more that one way. Everybody knows ... i...

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... mediates between the tow terms of the secondary (thematic) opposition. In The Barkleys of Broadway, Astaire and Rogers' characters are a married couple, together performing in musicals on stage. Rogers leaves the comedic musical stage for that of theatre, only to return to musical after disastrous results in theatre lead her to desiring "nothing but fun set to music". Kelly's coupling first with ... notion of watching/experiencing a production within a production - a characteristic present in all three of the formerly mentioned films under examination. 'Musical numbers can be shot from ...

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... together. The camera cuts to a shot of the play that Selma was staring in earlier in the film. The audience sees the actors on the stage and then the cameraman walks behind the actors on stage and view Selma in the doorway. The mise en scene is very basic. There is nothing in the shot that doesn't need to be there. There ... cam be used, making the audience see from all angles of the shot. Well in this film, in each scene, we usually only saw one angle. We saw either her front or her back. On the rare occasion that we saw all different point of views, it was probably when the camera per...

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... 1908, this is evident. Gunning worries that adopting an evolutionary view of cinema will categorize pre-WWI film and cinema of attractions, as he puts it, "as [a] primitive [] early stage in which later potentials are sketched out but imperfectly realized" However, Gunning's definition of cinema of attractions frees it from this imperfect characterization: By its reference to the curiosity ... tell a story. While the Impressionists used camerawork to achieve this effect, the German Expressionists utilized mise-en-scene, what Thompson and Bordwell define as "all the elements placed in fro...

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... rising costs of movies can be blamed by the rising demands of higher wages by big Hollywood stars also contribute to the increase in total costs. More artists demanded up-front salary in 1990, compared with a humble advance and a cut of profits in previous years. Studios generally pay about 30% of films proceeds for principals and only when a big star would ... appear in the movie would they ask for up to 40% up-front. Movie Star salaries have increased in all recent years. Once an actor or actress attains superstar status, his or her salary keeps on rising regardless of the performance...

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... robot False Maria before she was made human. Additionally, as the video progresses we can see the crowd Whitney is "performing" for. She is up above them on stage and as she sings the crowd's arms are outstretched as their hands reach out to her. It is a scene that mirrors False Maria (as the Babylon whore) seducing all of ... video we also see the band shown in what looks like a factory. Again, it is reminiscent of the scene where Freder has the vision of Moloch. The band is in front of a large group who have their hands up towards them as they clap in unison. This could be interpreted...

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... the role and purpose of women-as he is only interested in them for sexual purposes-and the nature in which film itself objectifies women. When auditioning for roles in front of a casting director, she has no experience and is shoved aside, but begins to sing to grab his attention. The following two reaction shots of the old male casting director ... say, "With us today, someone that no man would want to miss. I want to welcome one of the most beautiful women in Latin America-Valeria Arraya!" Walking on stage, radiant and smiling, Valerie is initially introduced in the film on TV as obje...

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... . Continuing through the 1950's and early 1960's, Musicals served as a popular genre to the public as well as successful. However, because many of the actors in the musicals were not stage actors, they were not skilled at singing and dancing. With also having a director who did not have experience in film musical, much of the final print had to be completely ... Jim are running down the bridge, Coutard used a style of pick-up and run where he was able to run with the camera backwards with Jules and Jim directly in front of him. This technique "sustained emotional lyricism through the unc...

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... was also the decision for production companies not promote their stars. When film narrative became more complex with time, the necessity for actors became apparent, and producers looked to famous stage actors for their skills. Although these actors were staring in these films their names were deliberately concealed from the movie going public. "According to some film scholars, the studio's policy ... actors and actresses go around. Once they found someone with beauty, and some kind personality, they were sent to a casting coach for about an hour and then they read in front of executives...

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... on Asian, Arab, and Art Deco influences. The Castro's Mighty Wurlitzer is one of only ten still in use in the U.S. today. The Mighty Wurlitzer organ sits front and center, just below the stage. The Wurlitzer harkens back to the Castro's origins as a silent movie house where films were accompanied by live music. The movie opens with San Francisco Opera Company executive ... ...

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